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Hilberling PT-8000 Operating Manual

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  • Page 1 HF / VHF Transceiver PT-8000 A·B·C Operating Manual Version 1.0...
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  • Page 3 HF / VHF Transceiver Hilberling PT-8000 A/B/C Operating Manual PT-8000, HN-8000 and T9 developed and manufactured in the EU Hilberling GmbH Kieler Strasse 53 24768 Rendsburg Germany L o g o a n d n a m e o f H i l b e r l i n g G m b H a r e r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k s...
  • Page 4 This may result in an electrical shock or burn of your skin. NEVER apply AC to the DC socket (13.8V and 100V for PT-8000 B) on the transceiver rear panel. This will ruin the transceiver and may cause fire.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    PT-8000 A/B/C Operating Manual Table of content Part A Introduction 1 PT-8000 Series Of Transceivers - Characteristics 1.1 Receiver (RX) ...............................A–1 1.2 Transmitter (TX) ..............................A–2 1.3 Power Supplies And Growth Potential ........................A–2 1.4 Technical Specifications ............................A–3 1.5 Operating Limitations ............................A–4...
  • Page 6 18.1.1 Reference Calibration .............................C–43 18.1.2 Preselector Calibration ...........................C–44 18.2 Brightness Of Display (DIM) ..........................C–46 18.3 Recording Functions (Voice Recorder).........................C–47 19 Metering Of PT-8000 (METER) ....................C–48 20 Basic Settings RX/TX ........................C–49 21 Transmitter Controls ........................C–54 21.1 ZERO-BEAT ..............................C–54 21.2 MIC .................................C–54...

  • Page 7: Part A Introduction

    16-pole ladder filters working in combination with DSP filters in the 10.7 MHz second IFs of each receiver. The filter shape factor is an excellent 1.3 at 2.4 kHz. The same high-quality filters are used in the transmitter stages as well. 17 of these filters are used in the PT-8000.

  • Page 8: Transmitter (Tx

    It is capable of delivering up to 1,000 W 13.8/50 V DC-power for the PT- 8000 A. The HN-8000 designed for the PT-8000 B is capable of delivering up to 2,000 watts DC power at 13,8/100 V supply voltage. Both power supplies are rugged in design and deliver ample power for the PT-8000 series.

  • Page 9: Technical Specifications

    - Desk Microphone T9 600 Ohm @ 1kHz, dynamic, RFI-proof, kidney-shaped acoustic response - set of plugs Specification Professional Version TX-range according to customers specification; extended temperature range; UL-listed and more. For additional information and special requirements please contact Hilberling GmbH Table 1...

  • Page 10: Operating Limitations

    A–4 Part A Introduction Operating Limitations...

  • Page 11: Part B Installation

    GmbH firmware using the RS232 interface. Owners will be informed about firmware upgrades as they are released – please have a look at chapter Part D. The latest version of PT-8000 Operating Manual will be posted as a PDF-document at Hilberling GmbH website (www.hilberling.de)

  • Page 12: Initial Installation Considerations

    The final power amplifier will operate at peak performance only when its load is resistive – i.e. the SWR is close to 1.0. Therefore the PT-8000 is equipped with an automatic antenna tuner (ATU) which does not actually tune the antenna. The ATU instead matches the feedline to the final amplifiers so they always “see”...

  • Page 13: Connectors

    C–3 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual O N N E C T O R S Rear Panel A variety of jacks are accessible at the rear panel. Please unfold Picture 1 - pointing out all connections. Picture 2 HF/VHF-Connection Sockets J1 ...
  • Page 14 Grounding wire – must be connected toHN-8000 power supply Grounding stud – must be connected to HN-8000 power supply and to station ground 10 MHz Ref. Output for an external 10 MHz reference signal (clock) for synchronization of PT-8000 to other equipment 10 MHz Ref.
  • Page 15 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Wiring of J15 … J22 Name Function And Outline ext. SPKR Connect an additional (PT-8000 speaker will stay ON) or an add. alternate speaker (PT-8000 speaker will be OFF) ext. SPKR 1 Tip + audio output (4,5 W max) alt.

  • Page 16: Connectors At Front Panel

    Connection Sockets 1 ... 3 Name Beschreibung MIC-PTT Microphone Socket Microphone connector for Hilberling T9 and Data input 0 dBm 8-pol Headphones low impedance (8 Ω). When plugged in the speaker(s) will be cut off. PHONE EIA-453 / IEC 60603-11 TRS 6.3 mm...

  • Page 17: Power Supply

    U P P L Y General Each model PT-8000 A/B is equipped with its appropriate power supply all named HN-8000. The only difference in appearance for the PT-8000A-model and the PT-8000B-model is the final amplifier DC input power instrument at the front panel.

  • Page 18: Front Panel

    Auxiliary output 13.8V DC Banana Plug 4 mm Grounding wire – must be connected to PT-8000 transceiver Grounding stud – must be connected to PT-8000 transceiver and to station ground. EIA-453 / IEC 60603-11 SPKR 8 Ω Input for built in speaker from PT-8000 J15 or J16 Phonostecker / TRS 3.5 mm...
  • Page 19 C–9 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual ON/OFF for DC Low Power ON/OFF DC-Fuse Power Meter DC AUX DC Power Amplifier The power meter indicates the DC input power of the final power amplifier – hence computation efficiency...

  • Page 20: Microphone Hilberling T9

    C–10 Part C Installation And Operation Microphone Hilberling T9 Best suited for all voice operations is the Hilberling T9 microphone especially designed for the PT-8000. Isolated from any mechanical vibrations and designed to be used from more closer as well as from greater distance it will always guarantee high fidelity audio and if desired an extra punch to the signal.

  • Page 21: Operating Manual

    C–11 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Just pull out the two quick reference cards to obtain useful information – a quick operating reference and A conversion table dBm – dBµV – S-units. Upper left hand card Lower right hand card...

  • Page 22: Part C Installation And Operation

    C–12 Part C Installation And Operation –– This page is intentionally blank –– Part C Installation And Operation...

  • Page 23: Installation And Connections

    • Turn ON POWER at PT-8000 The POWER switch at the PT-8000 does not switch the voltage from the PA power supply. This is done by the PA switch at the HN-8000 only. It is up to the operator to switch PA OFF during reception only.

  • Page 24: Display

    When operating the PT-8000 with an external reference (10MHz-clock) this control will allow aligning the timing in small increments. This mode is indicated by the LED „EXT-REF“ Table 9 Display The display of the PT-8000 shows relevant data of MAIN- and SUB-RX and the TX.
  • Page 25 C–15 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual • All settings fort the active RX • Main settings for the non-active resp. for the RX in the background • General Data for RX and TX • Functions to be activated by the adjacent keys...

  • Page 26: Clustered Front Panel Controls

    C–16 Part C Installation And Operation for f ≥ 1.8 MHz for f >7 MHz for f >14 MHz available between f = 1.8 ...30 MHz Preamplifier Preselector Attenuator Selected antenne NR + NB DSP- DSP + IF DSP- Notchfilter Notchfilter Notchfilter noise reduction...

  • Page 27: Controls With Integrated Push-Button Function And Controls For Adjustments

    C–17 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Various controls clustered – indicated through surrounding white boxes painted on the panel MODE ANT-TUNER and MOX BAND – Select VHF-Band – Activation of Tuner – Select HF-Ham Band „0“- Key for numerical Input –...

  • Page 28: Side Panel Controls

    C–18 Part C Installation And Operation ZERO BEAT MIC-GAIN PROCESSOR TX-POWER Activate High/Low Activate NOISE BLANKER Activate IF-NOTCH FILTER Activate SQUELCH threshold and Override RF-GAIN AGC Off TX-Delay Volume MONITOR Picture 20 CW Key Speed Sensitivity ANTI TRIP DELAY Adjustments / settings for VOX Volume MAIN RX Push function switches speaker according to AUDIO Normal/Split...

  • Page 29: Keys With Led And Leds

    C–19 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Left hand side coarse adjustment microphone sensitivity front panel 1: MIC-PTT pin 1/5 adjustment data input dBm) sensitivity front panel 1: MIC-PTT pin 4 The adjustment of sensitivity from MIC and...

  • Page 30: Main- And Sub-Rx Operations

    Note : The MAIN RX VFOs will always determine the transmit frequencies The red LED EXT REF will be on when the PT-8000 20 MHz system clock is no longer the internal one. An external 10MHz signal is representing the frequency reference when this LED is on.
  • Page 31 C–21 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual The PT-8000 incorporates a transmitter and two independent receivers (MAIN and SUB). Both receivers are permanently operating. Even if a receiver is „in the background“ i.e. not fully accessible through all main controls the receiver is operating with its last settings when it has been the „active“...
  • Page 32 SUB-RX on a separate antenna is limited however: Excessive field strength may trip the protection circuits. Receiving at frequencies adjacent to the tranmitting frequency may be limited even by the superior dynamic characteristics of the PT-8000 receivers - which are of course finite.

  • Page 33: Modes Of Operation (Mode

    C–23 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual (MODE) O D E S P E RA T I O N In order to select different modes pushbuttons are available (see Figure ….) in the clustered area MODES: • SSB / CW (where ISB is selectable) •...

  • Page 34: Cw Continuous Wave

    C–24 Part C Installation And Operation 10.1.2 CW (Continuous Wave) When CW or CW- is selected pushing the WIDTH/SHIFT control will cycle between Pitch – Width – BFO. Turn WIDTH/SHIFT to control: Pitch - will change the beat frequency of the received signal. At the same time the center frequency of the DSP-filter is shifted accordingly.

  • Page 35: Isb (Independent Side Band

    C–25 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual 10.2 ISB (Independent Side Band) During independent sideband operations MAIN- and SUB-RX are tuned to the same frequency but on different sidebands. Both sidebands are transmitted and modulated independently. Pressing ISB will call up the ISB menu: ISB Menü...
  • Page 36 C–26 Part C Installation And Operation Pressing AM / FM will place the PT-8000 in AM/FM mode whatever has been the last mode. If the mode is already AM or FM the alternate mode will be activated. The according soft key menu (AM or FM) will be called up.

  • Page 37: Data Transmission

    C–27 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual If the soft key SET RPT is depressed • SET RPT will be inverse • VFO display will show actual transmit frequency • Set VFO to desired transmit frequency hence define the shift within a tuning range from 0 …...

  • Page 38: Selecting Frequencies

    C–28 Part C Installation And Operation Pressing DATA will call up the DATA soft key menu: • DATA - LED will turn on • If ISB mode is activated the ISB menu will be called up. Otherwise the following menu will be displayed DATA menu •...

  • Page 39: Band Select

    In case the BAND limits are exceeded trough tuning the last valid frequency that has been stored will remain. Picture 33 Mode and bandwidth are stored together with the respective frequency. The following BANDS are defined in the PT-8000 software Pushbutton Band Frequencies 160 m 1.800...

  • Page 40: Vhf Bands

    C–30 Part C Installation And Operation A numerical input of a frequency within the selected band will overwrite one of the two stored frequencies (the last frequency used). The two stored frequencies of a band are correlated to each VFO. Selecting the alternate VFO will give access to another two frequencies in that band (which were used with this VFO).
  • Page 41 C–31 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Pushing Trans 1 softkey (VHF menu) will call up allocated Transverter menu (same applies to the other transverter settings): TRANSVERTER menu Transverter operation 28 MHz band (28 ... 30 MHz) Transverter operation 50 MHz band (50 ... 52 MHz) Transverter operation 144 MHz band (142 ...
  • Page 42 C–32 Part C Installation And Operation The display shows instead of standby VFO frequency the transverter operation frequency band. Using control STEP VFO / MEM/CH gives access to all transverter operation frequency bands as listed below. Frequencies Transverter Operation Frequency Bands 434 MHz 437 MHz 1.268...

  • Page 43: Numerical Frequency Input

    C–33 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual 11.2 Numerical Frequency Input Pressing ENTER (located in the cluster MODE) will activate the numerical frequency input. When pressing ENTER • The frequency display will show blanks for all digits. A cursor indicates which field can be edited.
  • Page 44 C–34 Part C Installation And Operation It is not necessary to key all digits. Pushing ENTER after the last digit will set all lower digits to zero. After a valid numerical input is acknowledged the frequency will be displayed and the respective RX will operate on that frequency.

  • Page 45: Channel Operation

    C–35 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual 11.3 CHANNEL Operation Pressing CHANNEL (located in the cluster MODE) gives access to 3 banks of memory channels each storing 99 frequencies When pressing CHANNEL • the last used channel will be activated.
  • Page 46 C–36 Part C Installation And Operation...
  • Page 47 C–37 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual CHANNEL information display Picture 42 Bank # Channel # Mode Bandwidth Stored Frequency SCAN identifier After selecting the memory bank (#1 … #3) the control MEM/CH / STEP-VFO gives access to the 99 stored frequencies.

  • Page 48: Main Tunung Knob

    General frequency coverage is 9 kHz to 54 MHz and 110 MHz to 170 MHz. Due to the frequency scheme of the PT-8000 the frequency from 54 MHz to 110 MHz is blanked out. Transmit operation is only possible on the allocated amateur radio bands (see Tab on page C20) In case the transmit boundaries are to be modified (commercial application;...

  • Page 49: Step-Vfo Control

    STEP-VFO function. If re-activated by pushing the knob the cursor will be at the place used at last. When power up the PT-8000 the curser will initially alway occur at the 100 kHz (default value) position when activating STEP-VFO.

  • Page 50: Vfo Management

    C–40 Part C Installation And Operation 11.6 VFO Management Both receivers (MAIN- and SUB-RX) have its own VFOs – VFO A and VFO B. Switching between VFO A and VFO B is established through VFO A/B pushbutton. The button is located in the cluster VFO.
  • Page 51 C–41 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual The VFO softkey menu offers the following function: VFO menu MAIN The frequency of the selected VFO (shown VFO B) from the active RX (shown MAIN-RX) is copied to the selected VFO from the SUB-RX...

  • Page 52: Split Operation

    11.7 SPLIT Operation There are various ways to split between transmit- and receive frequencies. Keep in mind that the PT-8000 represents a transmitter with two identical receivers. However, to link a receiver with the transmitter as a transceiver is only possible with the MAIN-RX. Hence only the MAIN-RX VFOs can determine the transmit frequency.

  • Page 53: Rit / Xit

    C–43 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Tune MAIN-RX to the desired transmit frequency to call a station that works split. Engage RIT and tune RIT to receive the station you want to call. The offsets for XIT/RIT are limited to 9.999kHz.

  • Page 54: Lock Function

    C–44 Part C Installation And Operation When activating RIT/XIT the last used status (RIT or XIT) will be selected. Pushing RIT/XIT again will terminate the RIT/XIT function. To adjust the offset frequency turn the knob called CLAR (clarifier) located next to the cluster VFO. Pi t The tuning increments of the CLAR control is identical to the selected STEP rate.

  • Page 55: Memory Operation (Mem

    C–45 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual • MAIN / SUB • VFO A / B • MODE Pushing LOCK again will terminate locking of controls. (MEM) E M O R Y P E R A T I O N Pushing MEM in the cluster MODE will store the frequency of the active RX to one of the 99 memories organized in thee banks.
  • Page 56 C–46 Part C Installation And Operation Pushing softkey BANK 1, BANK 2 and BANK 3 gives access to other banks. Use MEM/CH to select desired memory/channel. Pushing softkeys VFO > MEM“ will write the VFO frequency to the selected memory. Always the last used bank # is selected and displayed with its first empty memory In case all memories are written the last used memory will be displayed and...
  • Page 57 I D T H H I F T Filtering in the PT-8000 is obtained by Roofing Filters (1st IF @ 70.7 MHz) and Channel Filters (2nd IF @ 10.7 MHZ). The channel filters can be further enhanced by a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) working in the audio range.
  • Page 58 C–48 Part C Installation And Operation Depending on MODE the following Xtal-filters (analogue filters) and passband DSP OFF shifts are available (using WIDTH and SHIFT control): Width 1.8 / 2.0 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 3.1 / 6.0 kHz LSB/USB Shift 100 Hz - 600 Hz in 100 Hz steps The 2.7 kHz filter is the allocated roofing filter for SSB...

  • Page 59: Notch Filter Functions (If- And Dsp-Notch

    O I S E B L A N K E R 14.1 Notch Filter Functions Two Notch filter of different type are available in the PT-8000. One is working at 1 IF 70.7 MHz – it´s the classical type of manual notch filtering using a Xtal bridge –...
  • Page 60 C–50 Part C Installation And Operation 14.2 Noise Reduction Pushing the button NR located in the cluster DSP will active the Automatic Noise Reduction (ANR or NR). On the display the DSP NR is outlined as NR. Picture 64 • DSP NR-LED will be on •...

  • Page 61: Rx Gain Control (Agc / Rf-Gain

    C–51 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual The SQUELCH (SQ) will be activated by pushing the control SQL which is located as depicted. The threshold for squelch operation is adjusted by turning the knob. Observing the S-Meter one can monitor the...
  • Page 62 C–52 Part C Installation And Operation The AGC (Automatic Gain Control) is active after power on, its hang time is 2 seconds (default value). Manual control of the AGC system is initiated through the AGC pushbutton located in the cluster FUNCTION. Picture 70 AGC-LED is off during standard operation.

  • Page 63: Frequency Scanning (Scan

    C–53 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual The control knob RF is located as depicted. It allows to cut off AGC action by pushing and to adjust an RF threshold by turning. Picture 72 AGC threshold Turning the control RF will adjust the AGC threshold to a level which can be monitored by observing the S-Meter.
  • Page 64 C–54 Part C Installation And Operation Pushing the button SCAN located in cluster FUNCTION will activate scanning of channels which are earmarked for scanning (see page C33). The receiver will scan any frequency between 9 kHz and 29.999 MHz, and it will scan frequencies from 50.0 to 54.0 MHz and 144.0 to 148.0 MHz.

  • Page 65: Calibration, Voice Recorder

    The key toggles between Audio Norm/Split (see below) Various test functions may be activated TBD Picture 76 Audio Normal will feed audio from MAIN and SUB to both speakers (PT-8000 Audio-Norm and HN-8000). The volume of both RX is controlled by the appropriate knobs MAIN and SUB.

  • Page 66: Calibration Menu

    C–56 Part C Installation And Operation 18.1 Reference Calibration And Preselector Calibration Pushing CAL softkey will call up Calibration menu: CAL menu Return to MENU menu Call Ref CAL menu (internal reference) Call Pre CAL menu (alibration routine for preselector) Picture 77 18.1.1 Reference Calibration Pushing Ref CAL softkey will call up Reference Calibration menu:...

  • Page 67: Preselector Calibration

    C–57 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Toggle reference output ON / OFF The display will change to a blue screen (TBD) Pi t 79 (TBD) 18.1.2 Preselector Calibration Pushing Pre CAL softkey will call up Preselector Calibration menu:...
  • Page 68 C–58 Part C Installation And Operation Pushing CAL L softkey will call up a menu which allows to calibrate the preselector manually by tuning the L component. Segments of the main inductor may be added by activating A/B/C/D simultaneously: The display will change The alignment of the preselector can be done manually.

  • Page 69: Brightness Of Display (Dim

    C–59 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual 18.2 Brightness Display (DIM) Pushing DIM softkey will call up DIM menu: DIM menu Return to the MENU menu Pushing repeatedly will dim the display Pushing repeatedly will increase background light of display...

  • Page 70: Recording Functions (Voice Recorder

    C–60 Part C Installation And Operation 18.3 Recording Functions (Voice Recorder) Activation of voice recorder by pushing softkey VOICE REC: The VOICE REC softkey menu will be called up: VOICE REC menu Leave VOICE REC submenu and get to MENU Select source for recording in a sequential order: MAIN-RX;...

  • Page 71: Metering Of Pt-8000 (Meter

    C–61 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual • The loop function may be activated during playback; the record will be repeated endless until Stop is activated PT-8000 (METER) E T E R I N G The button METER located in the cluster DISPLAY allows to change the units displayed for the S.Meter (active RX):...

  • Page 72: Basic Settings Rx/Tx

    C–62 Part C Installation And Operation RX/TX ASI C E TT IN G S Pushing the button RX/TX located in the cluster MODE will call up two types of menus which gives access to various basic settings for RX and TX. If the last used menus (TX or RX) will be called up.
  • Page 73 C–63 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Pushing ATT / RoF softkey will call up ATT/RoF menu HF ATT / RoF menu HF Pushing ESC will return to the RX menu Activate 6dB Attenuator Select Roofing Filter 12.0 kHz Select Roofing Filter 6.0 kHz...
  • Page 74 C–64 Part C Installation And Operation Access to TX menu Pushing RoF softkey will call up RoF menu VHF RoF menu VHF Pushing ESC will return to the RX menu Select Roofing Filter 12.0 kHz Select Roofing Filter 6.0 kHz Select Roofing Filter 2.7 kHz Switch back to normal i.e.
  • Page 75 C–65 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual Access to TX Out menu Access to RX menu Pi t Pushing EQU softkey will call up the EQUALIZER menu: EQUALIZER menu Back to TX menu Increase gain of selected EQU-band in 1dB Steps. Maximum gain is +9dB Select EQU-band in a cyclic manner.
  • Page 76 C–66 Part C Installation And Operation Shuts off internal keyer to allow use of external keying device Pushing TX-Fi / TX-Sh softkey will call up the TX-Filter / TX-Shift menu: TX-Filter / TX-Shift menu Return to TX menu Press and hold while turning STEP-VFO control to select filter bandwidths between 2.5 kHz and 3.4 kHz Press and hold while turning STEP-VFO control to adjust TX filter shift (TX- passband) from 0 Hz to +300 Hz in 25 Hz increments...

  • Page 77: Transmitter Controls

    C–67 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual R A N S M I T T E R O NT R O L S Various controls for transmitter settings are located on the front panel as depicted. 21.1 ZERO-BEAT Pushing ZERO-BEAT control will activate a 440 Hz tone in RX and TX mode.

  • Page 78: Tx-Pwr

    VOX activation hence to get smooth VOX operation and to counteract any VOX switching between fluently spoken voice. Picture 105 21.8 Monitoring Function (MONITOR) Turning the MONITOR control will adjust the volume auf the audio to monitor the transmission of PT-8000. Picture 106...

  • Page 79: Tx-Delay (Cw

    C–69 PT-8000 A · B · C User Manual 21.9 TX-DELAY (CW) Turning TX-Delay clockwise will increase the time for transmit/receive switching (turn-around time) during CW mode. Setting TX-Delay fully counter clockwise ensures the shortest T/R turn-around possible – called BK (break in).

  • Page 80: Part D Annex

    C–70 Part C Installation And Operation Part D Annex 23 S OF T W AR E P D A T E...
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